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Narrator Margaret Saito

Nisei female. Born March 14, 1933, in El Centro, California. Grew up in California where parents were farmers. During World War II, removed with family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a short time in Spokane, Washington, before moving to Sacramento with family and finishing …
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Narrator Sumi Okamoto

Nisei female. Born January 7, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Spokane, Washington, where father worked for the Alaska Junk Company. Attended Irving Grade School and Lewis & Clark High School. Wedding took place on December 7, 1941, the day of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Husband passed away in 1946, and Ms. Okamoto worked …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/217/

Narrator Kazue Yamamoto

Nisei female. Born January 14, 1927, in Wapato, Washington, where family operated a truck farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to North Portland Assembly Center and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Family left camp in 1945 for Spokane, Washington. Worked as a domestic on Spokane's South Hill before becoming a licensed beautician. Married husband …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/222/

Narrator Seiko Edamatsu

Nisei female. Born July 18, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) where parents ran the U.S. Hotel. Attended Bailey Gatzert Grade School and Washington Junior High School before moving to North Seattle with older siblings to operate a produce stand. Graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1937 and worked as a waitress …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/220/

Narrator Hiroko Nakashima

Kibei female. Born 1927 in Spokane, Washington. Went to Japan at the age of twelve with her mother and sister to visit relatives and gain a "Japanese education." Was in Japan when World War II broke out, remaining there for the duration of the war. Returned to the United States soon after the war ended, married …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/73/

Narrator Hannah Hirabayashi

Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/982/

Narrator Fumiko M. Noji

Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/75/

Narrator Clara S. Hattori

Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/796/

Narrator Spady Koyama

Nisei male. Born June 4, 1917, in Ferry County, Washington. Sent to Japan at age five following father's death, returning to Spokane, Washington, in 1927. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in January 1942. Served with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the Pacific Ocean theater during World War II where he was seriously injured during a …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/46/

Narrator Sam Ogo

Nisei male. Born September 1, 1919, in Millwood, Washington, where father worked for SP&S railroad. After serious injury, father quit the railroad and moved family to Spokane, Washington, where they operated numerous hotels. Sent to Japan with siblings in 1933 to attend school. Was only one in the family to return to the U.S. three years …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/218/
Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 12 (ddr-densho-121-17)
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Selected article titles: "Charge Wounded Nisei Treated Like POWs" (p. 1), "JACL Protests Treatment of Nisei Wounded on Ship" (p. 1), "Tule Lake, Last of Centers, Closed by Relocation Agency" (p. 1), "Clark Reveals Santa Fe Camp Will Be Closed" (p. 1), "California Personnel Board Expected to Drop Charges Against Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "Report 7100 …
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Narrator Frank H. Hirata

Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/451/
Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-333)
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Black and white photographic negative of large crowd of Buddhists gathered outside Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington for a Buddhist convention. Reverends seated in front row from left to right: Reverend Seiji Kobara from Seattle, Reverend Shoko Masunaga, Reverend Akira Jotetsu Ono, Reverend Tatsuya Ichikawa, Reverend Bishop Kenryu Tsuji, Reverend Eiyu Terao from Spokane, Reverend …
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1016-1-5)
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Meeting other Japanese Americans who had enlisted out of the concentration camps

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1016-1-9)
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The impact of the rescue of the "Lost Battalion"

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1016-1-2)
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Coping with restrictions imposed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1016-1-1)
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Encounters with community members after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1016-1-8)
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The rescue of the "Lost Battalion"

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1016-1-6)
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Feeling that the service of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team helped Issei gain U.S. citizenship

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1016-1-4)
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Volunteering for the army, but then being reclassified 4-C "enemy alien"

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1016-1-10)
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Reflections

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1016-1-7)
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First encountering segregation in the South

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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1016-1-3)
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Struggling with Japanese American identity after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Nobu Suzuki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-84)
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Nisei female. Born November 25, 1909, in Seattle, Washington. Father established one of the largest oyster companies in the United States prior to World War II. Graduated from Garfield High School, the University of Washington, and then the Pacific School of Religion where she earned a master's degree in religious education. At the outbreak of WWII, …
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Nobu Suzuki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-87)
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Nisei female. Born November 25, 1909, in Seattle, Washington. Father established one of the largest oyster companies in the United States prior to World War II. Graduated from Garfield High School, the University of Washington, and then the Pacific School of Religion where she earned a master's degree in religious education. At the outbreak of WWII, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-87/
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